The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-22

which IL rarely the case, the matter ID
reasonably cay; but with more, hall
o dossn and up to track
full, it bscomes complicated. You
have to see every horse In
the same glance, recognise at once
Just what esce onh is doing, reliss
mis- relative position to all the Others
aud decide in fash whether such
Circumstances ~ will render 1t fair to
give the signal for a start. This 10
done, you know, by dropping the red
dag that the starter holds In his hand.
But that is not the whole Of 1t, and
do you know there are lots and lots Of
people who 20 to the races with
considerable regularity year after year
who never seem to realis, that 1t takes
two men to start q race7 The second,
OF course, 10 only an assistant, and can
exercise no discretion, but he is abso.
lutely necessary, nevertheless. He
stands In the middle OF the track some
distance down from the starter and
holds large white Hsg in the air. It
10 his business TO watch the starter
and act according to the signals from
that official. when the horses have
gone past the starter the jockeys
cannot turn around to see whether
the red Gag has or has not been
dropped; they would not know
whether to let their horses oct for q
run or to pull them in for q new trial
II 1t was lot for the man ahead Of
them with the white flag, whom they
can easily see. This mao, II the red
Gag 10 lowered, drops his white flag to
the ground aud gets out Of the way %
fast ss he can, and the J Jckeys know
by that that q race has been started
and that they must keep on going. II
the starter does not drop his red fsg,
the assistant remains where he stands
in the middle OF the track with his
white h,g raised, and the jockeys
know tina! they must pull in.
"But TO return to the starter proper !.
his sense Of justice will not only tell
him when 1t would be unfair to order
Q start, but when some jockey should
be punished for illegal behavior, for
there are laws Of the track, you know,
and the starter must see lhst they are
obeyed so far as they lie within the
province Oh MS ooeeivation. AFTER the
isce Is once STARTED u IS the DUTY Oh
tne JUDGES 70 wa,cn the progress OF the
lace ana determine Snether anything
zone OF hNenpeu tpA, 10 unalioWt
DE, snu she uuty 10 iihiet the pun
ishment. As q rule, al that tricky
jockeys can do TO gain an unfair I'D.
vantage is at the start, and u,
therefore, more oisen becomes the
starters duty 10 repnm 'nd and
punish than II does the ladses. Inc
usuai onenses that jockeys commit are
sucn as breaking away unnecessarily,
puiiing pack wnen they are told 70
come up, and breaking up starts IN
necessarily
ARE any nttie TICKS aiiowsp'eT
| when the jockeys DO anything IN
their Efforts 70 get the send-on pest Tor
themselves, they are only showing
their loyalty 70 their employers. There
10 some room therefore LOT sharp prac-
tce, put punishment 10 lisble TO fol-
low. Inc poys are perfectly right In
aoipg anytning they can without vio-
iaung the rules. for instance, 70 men.
uon Trick tnat Is often practced and
when u would 90 extremely DIN ;uit
70 eetsc', ano 'ne puoishment OF whicn
woulo Dc sure 70 seem upl nsl 70 many
ooserve's, suppose .nst seven or eign.
starters appear ~ tne CAL, ana tnas
among them there are one or Two
no'seo VINO are resiiy fesuess ana give
their nden considerable trouble 70
manage several iAlse breaks are made,
ana meantime tne otnet horses are
ge,upg nervous over the constant
maneovenng ana oac.ing ana pninng
nov suppose tnat sner Mlse start
Las oeen MADE ana the locseys nave
,uinou 70 come pack 70 tne noe, one
o. tnem nous Una, ne can no, make
uls no,ee Le.utn' lne suppos.uon =
once Us 'na. me an,nsi has peeh nm
.seo 30 mucn ~ ,ne ueIays ana ine
constant Gu ping OF US temper. That y
Win no. puoSe Ni.nou. sucn severe
usc,pnne sc wouiu 10 ,ah,ies.y
| Improper 10 use luut before n race